if within while loop not recognized

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while(t<0.1)
if(t==0.05) v=3; end % NOT GETTING REFLECTED IN v
t=t+Ts;
end

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Birdman
Birdman on 2 Apr 2018
Edited: Birdman on 2 Apr 2018
A trivial answer:
Use ismembertol for comparing values with tolerance
tol=1e-6;
if ismembertol(t,0.05,tol)

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John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 2 Apr 2018
NEVER test for exact equality of a floating point number.
Since doubles are stored in binary, remember that almost all decimal fractions cannot be represented exactly as a double, just like you cannot represent 1/3 exactly as a terminating decimal in a limited number of decimal digits. Doubles use 52 binary bits to store the mantissa, so that is your limit.
Instead, 0.05 is stored as the closest value possible. So never test for exact equality. Just use a tolerance.
if abs(t - 0.05) < 1e-16

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